Dalhousie Community Association
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118881648RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,040,056) as filed with the CRA.
Dalhousie Community Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $770K in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $621.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Association provides community based spring winter summer camps before and after school care programs. The community centre provides hall rentals as well as space for programs such as Folk club music ahmadiyya Muslim jama'at banzai karate Weight watchers one step dance girl guides Mommy Connections yoga etc. The Community Association also hosts events including a weekly summer and Winter farmers market Sip & savour Hip Replacement concert Ticket a car show Christopher Cool a parade of garage sales and a community cleanup in partnership with the City of Calgary.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $770K | $2M | $1.3M | $6,823 | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $515K | $1.6M | $980K | $3,672 | $0 | $961K |
| 2022 | $337K | $1.5M | — | $0 | $0 | $985K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.1M | $693K | $181K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $621 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Maynard (director); Marilyn Lambert (vice president); Brent Clarke (director); Wayne Pennington (secretary); Stephanie Desmarais (director); Susan Nicholls (director); Bernard Reimer (president); Parisa Khoransaniesmaeli (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dalhousie Community Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118881648RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.